I'm new: What to buy

Brisbane2000 · 02-21-2012, 11:47 PM

Hello!

My friend has been a Magic fan his whole life (playing with cards of course) and I'd like to get him Magic on his computer for his birthday. What do I actually buy to get the game itself and what do i buy to get cards to play with in game? (sorry if it sounds silly but i don't play magic myself)

Thanks for any help.

Nretep · 02-22-2012, 12:21 AM

Question is which version you want to get.
The newer version is 2012 (Dotp 2012; D12). For this you need the base game to play against each other and the Expansion 1 to play 1 vs 3 (you can play 3vs1 ai with the base version). And as you like you can purchase further decks via deck packs.

The old version can only purchased as gold edition (base + all expansions) afaik. And there you can't play 2v2 with your friend.

But best would be to test the demo(s) first.

Andorxor · 02-22-2012, 03:09 AM

And don't buy deck unlocks or foil conversions

skkull · 02-22-2012, 01:57 PM

Buy everything from the 2012 version of the game, except the foil conversion and deck unlocks.
Oh, and don't buy the special edition, that's a waste of money

Joreel · 02-22-2012, 03:23 PM

you might want to aviod the 3rd expansion as well for a bit as it seems to be reather buggy at the moment. But that being said, buy everything else and tell him "Welcome to the game" for us, hope to see him online soon.

Brisbane2000 · 03-02-2012, 05:24 AM

thx for the help

02-21-2012, 11:47 PM	#1
Brisbane2000 Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 2	I'm new: What to buy Hello! My friend has been a Magic fan his whole life (playing with cards of course) and I'd like to get him Magic on his computer for his birthday. What do I actually buy to get the game itself and what do i buy to get cards to play with in game? (sorry if it sounds silly but i don't play magic myself) Thanks for any help.

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02-22-2012, 12:21 AM	#2
Nretep Join Date: Jun 2011 Reputation: 29 Posts: 807	Question is which version you want to get. The newer version is 2012 (Dotp 2012; D12). For this you need the base game to play against each other and the Expansion 1 to play 1 vs 3 (you can play 3vs1 ai with the base version). And as you like you can purchase further decks via deck packs. The old version can only purchased as gold edition (base + all expansions) afaik. And there you can't play 2v2 with your friend. But best would be to test the demo(s) first.

02-22-2012, 03:09 AM	#3
Andorxor Join Date: Nov 2010 Reputation: 22 Posts: 368	And don't buy deck unlocks or foil conversions

02-22-2012, 01:57 PM	#4
skkull Join Date: Dec 2010 Reputation: 3 Posts: 80	Buy everything from the 2012 version of the game, except the foil conversion and deck unlocks. Oh, and don't buy the special edition, that's a waste of money

02-22-2012, 03:23 PM	#5
Joreel Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 16 Posts: 282	you might want to aviod the 3rd expansion as well for a bit as it seems to be reather buggy at the moment. But that being said, buy everything else and tell him "Welcome to the game" for us, hope to see him online soon.

03-02-2012, 05:24 AM	#6
Brisbane2000 Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 2	thx for the help